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disaster

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"Major calamity"

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8 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/Part of speech nounSorted adeirsstStarts with DEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (DISASTER).

Definitions

  1. an act that has disastrous consequences

Word origin

From Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Used in a sentence

  • People would suffer disasters when society's morality degenerates.
  • A nod means good, two nods; very good. And then there's the pursing of the lips: disaster.

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